Shaft bearing



W. Fl NCH ER SHAFT BEARING sept. 22, 192s.

Filed Oct. 8, 1925 Il ik /NLjff/v wie /4/d/7ef Hna/lef )'1 TTORNE Y' i 13:15. v fdl 1....-

Patented Sept. 22, 19295. A y' WALTER FINCHER, F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHAFT* BEARING.

Appiieation ined october s, i923. sei-iai no. 667,242.

To all 'who-m t may concern.'

Be it vknown that I, WALTER FINOHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri", have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaft Bearings; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of'this specification.

r1`his invention relates-to bearings for vertical shafts and particularly to bearings used `in connection with a `drive for siftersor bolters used in flour mills and the like. The

particularV application ofthe bearing to sifters is mentioned because the bearings shown are especially adapted for use in such devices where it is foundv difficult to provide adequate bearings. Usually such devices are yprovided with ball bearings or roller bearings for the vertical shaft but due to the fact that there is an oscillatory motion impartedv to the sifter or bolter the ball bearings soon wear out and theirrenewals are quite costly so I have provided a floating bearing which may float in a body of oil so as to work with the least amount of, `friction and without the necessity ofrolling parts such as are employed in connection with roller or ball bearings.

My invention contemplates the provision of means whereby a rugged and efficient means is provided for constructing a drive in which a vertical shaft is employed, the

essential features of the invention residing more particularly in the bearings, the man-l ner of mounting them and efficient means of providing lubrication. The novel conf struction of the invention will be apparent by reference to the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of the frame for supporting the bearings and the weight which causes oscillation of the frame.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal, sectional view through the upper bridge tree and the upper bearing, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewk through the bottom or step bearingcarried by the lower bridge tree of the frame.

The one piece frame 1 is of usual construction and it is provided with an upper bridge c tree 2 and a lower bridge tree 3 through which the shaft 4 extends, the shaft 1 receiving its rotative motion from a belt 5 driving the pulley 6 on shaft t. The frame 1 is in practice fastened diagonally across a rectangular siftei' or bolter suspended in an appropriate manner so as to have a floating movement and the weight 7 mounted on a shaft under the control of the spring actuated mechanism 8 causes an oscillatory movement to be imparted to the sifter, the movement being in a continuous direction, that is the sifter planetates'about a variable axis.

This construction however has been used prior to my invention so I make no claim as to novelty to the generic idea to imparting the above described motion to the sifter or other device which may receive its motion from the shaft. My invention resides rather in the arrangement of such a mechanism with appropriate bearings which will not wear out oi' be subjected to wear due to friction. j

By reference to Fig, 2 it will be observed vthat Vthe upper vbridge tree 2 is provided with a bearing housing 2 in which is a cylindrical bearing'9 having a skirt extending below the housing and carrying a conical inner spaced wall 10 which is connected to the skirt 9 ofthe bearing 9 by a transverse web 11 so that an oil receiving chamber will be provided. The bearing 9 carries a cylindrical ring or wear bushing 12 against which the journal 13 on the Vshaft 11 may contact.y

The journal 13 is in the form of a sleeve,` thev upper portion of which is split and provided with flanges 15 and 16 which'may be drawn together by the bolts 17 so that the sleeve may be clamped gupon the shaft 4. The lower portion of the journal is provided with a bottom recess 18 into which is received the inner wall 10 of the oil chamber or cup. The journal is formed with a skirt 19 which extends into the oil chamber with the outer face seating against the wear ring or bushing 12 except for a thin film of oil which reduces friction, it being understood however there is to be no appreciable play between the outer face of the skirt 19 and the inner face of the bushing 12. The top of the recess 18 bears on a packing 2O which overlaps the upper edge of the inner wall 10 so that oil admitted through the pipe 21 must flow through the space between 19 and 12 through the elongated port 22 in bearing' '9 and out through the pipe 23 near the upper end of the bearing `and in order to prevent the oil from overflowing over the bearing, I provide a. `labyrinth packing con-- "tree 3. The bearing carried bythe bridge tree 2 may be supplied with oil by any suit-'` ablem'eans' for example by a receptacle 28v discharging into pipe 21', see Fig. 1. The

bottom bearing on the bridge tree 3 consistsl of the housing 29 1n`which is a bearing cylinder or sleeve'BO faced with the wearv ring or bushing 3l co-'operating with the journal 32 on the lower end of the shaft 4, thejournal 32 aluttingA against a shoulder 33 on shaft 4` and held inV place by a lock nut 84 on thethreaded end of shaft 4, the lowerend of shaft 4 -is provided with aliarden'ed block 35 which -bears upon a. step 36 mounted in a recess of the `lower cap 37 adapted to be 'bolted to the housing ring by bolts 348 which pass through tliefiiange 39 of the bearing 31. The bearing 31 is provided with a longitudinal passageway 4() through which oil may pass to the overflow pipe 4l. Gil is supplied to the bearing through pipe 23 to form in a. Apool or space 42'inthe bearing yhoule-- ing. It thenI may overflow through pipe 4l intoa receptacle or sumpprovided -to rev-A Thelower bearing member is provided withlabyrinth packing consisting of the rings 48 and 44 similarV ceive the overflow oil.

to the rings 24 and 426 on the top bearing.

vides more satisfactory result-s than is possible witlr'any `known construction in which ball or roller bearings are provided and it -is apparent that in the event that wear does take place `on the bushing they can be readily renewed without renewing the remaining portions of the bearings and that the journals may be readily assembled or removed for inspection or repairs as occasion may demand. The assemblies of the bearings are exceedingly simple. In practice the bearingsfwill give smooth operation with minimum friction loss.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

Ina bearing for vertical shafts, a frame comprising upper and lower bridge trees and bearing housings in said bridgev trees, a shaft support onk the lower bridge tree, a shaft extending through said bearing housings andfsupported by said shaft support, a journal member fixed on the shaft and having an inverted cup-shaped end extending into the upper bearing housing, a bearing in the yupper housing comprising a body member and a wear plate, a cupping member having a lower transverse web attached to the lower end of the body member of the bearing and a longitudinal wall spaced internally from the end of the journal member-and forming an oil chamber, packing in the base of the cup-shaped journal portion` vagainst which the upper end of the longitudinal wall of the cupping member contacts, a packing ring von the upper housing member, a co-acting packing ring'on the journal, means for delivering oil to the oil chamber interiorly of the journal member, the upper bearing member having avertical portfandran overflow' outlet leading from I the topv of said port.

I have found -in actual practice A'that av frame and bearing constructed in accordance with the above describedconstruction, pro- In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

IVALTER FINC'HER. 

